North Country Hospital
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North Country Hospital is in Newport City
, Vermont.
It was founded in 1919. It is run by a board of trustees.
Claudio Fort is president and CEO. The hospital was the only one in Vermont in 2007 to achieve 100% on all Medicaid
and Medicare
quality measures.
Medicare has rated it a "critical access hospital."
The chief executive officer is Claudio Fort.
The hospital had 605 employees in 2011.
The hospital directly employs about 75% of its professional medical staff.
After fundraising, they began hospital construction in May, 1922 on Longview Street. On July 1, 1924 the 24-bed hospital opened as the Orleans County Memorial Hospital. There were five full time employees and a nursing school. This ultimately grew to 72 beds in a 26000 square feet (2,415.5 m²) building.
In the early 1970s, Orleans and Essex County
worked to raise funds for a new hospital. This opened January 5, 1974 as the North Country Hospital on a 30 acres (12.1 ha) site on Prouty Drive. It had 80 beds, an OB/GYN department, pediatrics ward, intensive care/coronary unit, quarters for radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, a hospital with a fully staffed twenty-four hour emergency service department
, and a then-modern surgical suite. It cost $5 million, raised mostly from government funding.
Since 1974, additional facilities have included an imaging services, physical therapy, library, information systems, ambulatory surgery suites, birthing rooms, a mobile MRI site, and three new buildings for physician practices in a medical village adjacent to the hospital.
Medical practice changed over the years. There was no longer a need for a high inpatient, long-length of stay facility.
In September, 2001 the hospital broke ground for the largest building project since the hospital was built. This was completed in 2003. The 28614 square feet (2,658.3 m²) addition included a surgical suite, new emergency department with indoor ambulance bays, outpatient services, and central sterilization and distribution department.
In 2006, a dialysis center opened in the 4000 square feet (371.6 m²) ground floor space under the ED.
The hospital had a $55 million budget in 2007. Salaries were $24 million. Supplies cost $14 million.
Newport (city), Vermont
Newport is a city in and the shire town of Orleans County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,005. The city contains the largest population of any government in the county, yet encompasses the smallest area....
, Vermont.
It was founded in 1919. It is run by a board of trustees.
Claudio Fort is president and CEO. The hospital was the only one in Vermont in 2007 to achieve 100% on all Medicaid
Medicaid
Medicaid is the United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments, and is managed by the states. People served by Medicaid are U.S. citizens or legal permanent...
and Medicare
Medicare (United States)
Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...
quality measures.
Medicare has rated it a "critical access hospital."
Operations
The hospital billed patients $141 million in 2010, and collected $76.5 million. Their operating expense was $75 million.The chief executive officer is Claudio Fort.
The hospital had 605 employees in 2011.
The hospital directly employs about 75% of its professional medical staff.
History
The hospital began in 1919.After fundraising, they began hospital construction in May, 1922 on Longview Street. On July 1, 1924 the 24-bed hospital opened as the Orleans County Memorial Hospital. There were five full time employees and a nursing school. This ultimately grew to 72 beds in a 26000 square feet (2,415.5 m²) building.
In the early 1970s, Orleans and Essex County
Essex County, Vermont
Essex County is the county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 6,306, making it the least-populous county in both Vermont and New England...
worked to raise funds for a new hospital. This opened January 5, 1974 as the North Country Hospital on a 30 acres (12.1 ha) site on Prouty Drive. It had 80 beds, an OB/GYN department, pediatrics ward, intensive care/coronary unit, quarters for radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, a hospital with a fully staffed twenty-four hour emergency service department
Emergency department
An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
, and a then-modern surgical suite. It cost $5 million, raised mostly from government funding.
Since 1974, additional facilities have included an imaging services, physical therapy, library, information systems, ambulatory surgery suites, birthing rooms, a mobile MRI site, and three new buildings for physician practices in a medical village adjacent to the hospital.
Medical practice changed over the years. There was no longer a need for a high inpatient, long-length of stay facility.
In September, 2001 the hospital broke ground for the largest building project since the hospital was built. This was completed in 2003. The 28614 square feet (2,658.3 m²) addition included a surgical suite, new emergency department with indoor ambulance bays, outpatient services, and central sterilization and distribution department.
In 2006, a dialysis center opened in the 4000 square feet (371.6 m²) ground floor space under the ED.
The hospital had a $55 million budget in 2007. Salaries were $24 million. Supplies cost $14 million.
CEOs/Hospital Administrators
- Alice Grant
- Anna Terhune
- Tom Dowd 1971+
- James Cassidy
- Sid Toll
- Karen Weller ? - 2008
- Claudio Fort 2009-